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FIRST IN TuIs COUNTRY.
Convention of German ntholics to Conside or

Convention Of German Catholics to ConHi,i.r
Some Interesting Questions. q.
" CHICAGO, August 2.-An Invitation has
been isaued to all German-American Gath
olics. to meet at 0hicago, September 6.
y There ,wsp meeting Of about forty
Catholic priests held in this city a few
weekn ago, at which it was decided TO ipsus
the call for the convention, and Rector
William Tappert, OF Covinptou, Ky.:
Frederick sArendeH, OF a 81. Louis, and
VIM. Casper, Of Milwaukee, were. authoriz.
ed5to issue it. .ls 5,s}s !; S9.s ..'G. :.
These National Catholic Conventions
(Kathoikentage) are an old custo1a In Ger
many, but tho one held next september
will bs the Grst In the United States, y ~
The object OF the convention is 10
demonstrate the strength Of tho German
Catholics and take steps to secure reco9n;.
tipn. 1t is claimed that there are ahout
1000 900 German Catholics in tho Unjtsd
States. z q. -,
In respect to tho cultivation Of the Gar.
man Languages in the schools and the
church, the church will not ADVANCE any
new demands. Its also intended that The
convention shall tnke eoms position Win
reference to the Labor problem, to encour.
age respectable organizations Of lsborars
and, keep, them from dangerous inf aences.
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WASHINGTON, D. G., August 2.-Major
A. NJ. Miller, United States Engineer, in
his annual report upon the improvement
Of the Mississippi river between the Hi.
nois and Ohio rivers, gives an exhaustive
statement Of the work performed. He
says the amount which can DO profitably
expended during the year ending June 80,
1889, 10 81 ,0O0.O COO. 1t ia proposed to OK.
pend 1t IN carrying out the programme
heretofore. adopted. This Is to frat i'm.
prove the part of the river below St. Louis
and to make the improvement continuous.
Major Miller asks an appropriation Of
sl29. 900 Tor the work OF recovering snags
from the MissisBippi. $40.
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DR.. st. John Released.

CHICAGO, August 2.-Df. St. John, who
was unable to secure satisfactory bonds.
men yesterday, fled petition for 'hsbess
corpus in the Circuit Court late in the at
ternoon. Judge juicy issued the writ
making 1t raturnsble forthwith.
The petition sets forth that the charge
OF conspiracy, on which tho doctor was
arrested, 10 merely a misdemeanor and
only punishable By hae not to exceed
$500, or imprisonment OF not more than
one year In the county jsil. -e7.3
st. John waived examination before
Juetice White, who ordered that the petit,
TONER be held in the sum OF $4,000 for
his appearance to the Criminal Court.
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Mr.. Collins uonorea ia Ireland.

DUBLIN, August 2.---The Lord Mayor
to-day presented the freedom Of the city
to Hon, 7. a. Collins, Of Boston, Mace. as
representative Of the millions Of Irish
people banished from their native land
by landlordism y and oppression. Mr..
Collins in his reply promised that tho
Irish in America would never desert the
cause OF ireland. He also alluded to the
TACT that his luggage was searched and
that during his travels since be has been
honored with detective escort. He said.
however, that he did not care about tie
treatment from tho Government. The
freedom OF the city was also conferred
upon Hon. William y Brlen, editor OF
United ireland. ~ 2 -. !
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tPa,rars ,,ax .rura,,e,, LIN.

Nav YoRx, Aug. al. E. Powers, the
absent privilege maker, has notified Gould
& Henry that be will be at their office 10,
morrow and aettle I'LL his outstanding
clsins. It is understood, however, that
be hearing Of his friends who held claims
against him have announced their willing.
mes to accept only the actua! amount o!
their losaes and not insistins in asttlips In
full tho amount Of the difference. at the
market, 4 nav feature has been made
prominent by tho refusal Sof Gould &
Henry 10 sccept the street. Interpretation
Of their endorsement Of their papers. "a
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New YoRK, August s.-Tbe inmigrs-
ton Of tho past month was $excesded
only by that Of one July on the
record OF Castle Carbon. During the
month ~ ,S44 people were Landed, agaihst
24,434 last year. i p to today there have
been landed at tho Garden eines the first
Of January, FAC, 400 persons, and during
the same period OF last year the humber
uoo 179 t1t rsit Is; u ~ sg4yt-tSlF ~
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GARRETT is WILLING.
II You Have the Cash You can Buy tho BAL %

II You Have the Cash You can Buy the Bal.
tin,oro y Ohio. s..S
Nsw5 YoRK, August2.-Mr. Charles NJ.
Bsrgstersssr, of DIV, Jones 4 Co., OF this
city, cablea to his house here an interview
which he claims to- have had with Mr..
Robert Garrett shortly sitter that gentle.
mans arrival in London. He says: Gar;
1ett says be is glad the deal collapsed.
He is still willing to sell st bis price. He
is not particular who bnye.n He quotes
Dir. Ohauncsy Dspew, whom he also in
terviewed, rs nsying that the weakness IN
the market ia due to; the collapse OF the
Baltimore 4 Ohio desi, absorption Of
money in railroad building sna$roa e &c
tate. a NJ Z I! " II.
a stronea syndicate will be formed, how
eyer, to which the Baltimore \ Ohio viii
ma sttrSckva fj} I'm, ". tsl rs, 5i 50
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a. o. U. ". Conclaya.

PlrrsBuRaH, PA, August 1.-THE annu.
al conclavs Of the Penneylvanis Grand
Lodge Of Select Knights Ancient Order
Of United Workmen convened in Allie
gheny City this morning, and will be in
session several days. Three hundred dele
gates from different legions in the State
are present. The day was devoted to Of
fecting @ permanent organization and hear
ing reports of tho officers. Tomorrow
there will BIO grand parade. and ], 900
members OF the order are. expected to par.
ticipate. ~ = 81 '3i :. .5yt',, No.
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lsxtens az isAe Earlll9 ua,se,

& CnlcAao, August 2.-Dlspatches from
Jacksonville, Dent.alia, and Jonesboro,
ILL.,, indicate that tho earthquake shocks
noted al; Nash willie, St. Louis aud Evans.
vile, Ind, were general throug bout
Southern aud Central Illinois. At jack
sonyille the vibrations yssemed TO be from
east 10 west, but at Jonesboro, from
northwest to south. In the latter plscs
a rumb!ing noise 8as heard, and the
nhocks were Of enough force to cause pic.
tuse frames to iall from the walls. The
timo was u 40 o'clock A. NJ. \; \; s s
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CLEVELAND, August 2.-Senator Sher-
man. accompanied by General Grosvenor,
ex.Congfsssman Townsend and few
others, Loft here yesterday for Niagara
Falls, whence they will 20 through
Canada to the Pacific coast ior trip OF a
few weaks. Speaking Of the Toledo con-
yertion'a action Mr., Sherman said: Il
feel highly honored By such acompli-
ment. FL / f.ls that thu convention should
express itsslf in somo manner, and either
endorse Mr.. Blaine OF soins one eIas, thss
the party in this State nigh have loaud-
alton to work upon, fts$g
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CHICAGO, August "a Daily Meaas spe.
cial from St. Cathrines says: McGarigle
arrived here about 2 o'clock this after.
noon on the Grand Trunk railway. He
at once hailed cab and refused to allow
any one else to enter. be was driven to
the st. Johns House, and there dismissed
the cab. All persons, particularly news
paper men, reportera and detectives, were
strictly prohibited from entering the St.
Johns House, and 1t is impossible to pro-
cure an interview or gain any further in
formation at present. ca
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TEE Pennsylvania Railroad Company,
speaking through the sovereign State Of
New Jerssy, makes the important dis
coyery that It is not greater than the
United sta.sa OF America. The railroad
hiss had tho Slate in its power for many
years. 1t has been able to keep out
rivals and do about es it pleased. The
decision Of the Supreme. Court that the
Baltimore & Ohio may bridge the Arthur
Kill, kills one Of tho biggest snakes that
ever laid itseli acroas the track OF com.
merCa, 81 49,. y - 90. = 4 I. y
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3. II q. 10 Eater New York.

WAsulSaros, August ss>--Baltimore 4
Ohio officials here are delighted over their
sHecess ID The courts yesterday in the
Arthur Kill bridge matter They say that
this insnres the early completion Of the
direct limo to Now York, aud that prepare
tons which have bsen delayed on account
Of the legal proceedings, will be pushed
rapidly forward now. ii 81 y! u \
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TOMORROW winds up the interesting
campaign In Texas. Prohibition has
divided parties and party workers beyond
all precedent, and until JEFF. Davis let go
at prohibition the "dry" aide was thought
TO DO in fair way to win. Tho influence
Of Mr.. Davis isso great in Texas that It is
nov believed to BIO impossible for pro.
hibit;on to carry the day. l5, lF
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Mn. ROSWELL P. FLOWER, viewing
American politics from the Column Ven
dome, says he ia not sure that Cleveland
would accept . denomination. Mr.. Flower
knows another New Yorker who would
DO glad to relieve Mr.. Cleveland, and his
other nsma is not Hill by q jugful. He
was an inspired poet who wrote, "Full
many q flower was born to bluah," &c.
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t-ltLAN -LFat-Nt- 10
! Bishop Loughlin Denies.

EEw YoRK, August a. Bishop: Lough-
lin, Of the Roman Catholic Diocese Of
Brooklyn, denies that he has been SUM
monsd to Rome for; disobaying an order
Of the Pope. He denounces as absolutely
false the report that he contemptuously
tore up written summons to tho Vatican:
Prisons who know B!shop Loughlin well
do not believe that he has been sum-
moned to Rome. IA r Y q, I.
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M'GARlGLE's MOVEMENTS,
ue Is In Canada md Prepared to Fight nj
NHts i. H.Hs# AVS Extrndiiiuli. s6


NJ y gExtrndiiiul. 49,,
WYOMING, ONr., August 2.-McGarigle
the "boodler," arrived here at l O'Clock
yestsrday morning, having been driven
over from Sarnia, sixteen miles distant, by
o livery stable keeper Of that place.
They stopped at the Central Hotel, kept
by Jacob Rogers, and ordered lodgings
and breakfast, but McGarlgls did uoi
reglster or make his identity known. Nj
The landlord suspected by the actiona
OF his guest that no was trying to evade
justice, aud on making inquiries Of the
person who drove him here, learned Of
his identity. ;- 7,'F I
A special from 81. Gathering, Oat., says
Il is reported that McGarigle, acting on
the recommendation OF DR., st. John, will
arrive In St. GATHERINGS to-day and ON.
ploy lawyer +. K, St.. John to conduct The
defense in case an attempt at arrest and
extradition Is made. ~
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LEADvIELE, Coz, August IA frs this
morning destroyed tho cabin Of Phillip
Little, situated in California gulch oppo-
ate the American smslter. The cabin
contained two sleeping babies that wero
burned to a crisp. The children were
aged and 8 years. Despite the efforts OF
many willing hands, they could not be
savau IsJs 1f!g5l u III e
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a Temperance Convention

sPnlLApELpnIA, August2.- Catholic
Total Abstinence Union Of America, Of
which this city is the headquarters, will
begin their seventeenth general sconven-
ton in this city To- morrow. a banquet
will be given in their. honor Thursday.
To.nigh bit grand torchlight parade was
made in their honor in which fifty socie.
ties participated. n. ~ u; s5
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League and Associut,on, '' Gam u,

At Detroit, Beatin, the Allentown,
wonder" recently secured by Detroit.
pitched for them and did remarkably we'll
He watches bases closely. ecore-Dstroit,
10; Philadelphia, 8. Earned-Da.roit, S ;
Philadelphia, 2. Hits-Detroit, II; Phila.
delphia, o. If 4 ;.IIS 4:
AT Chicago, Anson'a boys bstted Whit.
ney freely, and this with ashineton'a
errors, made the victory an easy ono.
Chicago, 10; Washington, 3,
Earned-Chicago, g.; Washington; 8. HiDs
|-Chicago, IA; Washington, l33.I Errors
Chicago, l; Washington, &. f,s74I5 's,jj
At Brooklyn Cleveland could not bat
Terry. The game was sharp and inter.
estlng.& score-Brooklyn,4 A; Cleveland, i.
At Baltimore the home team could not
solve Chambsrlain's delivery, and in con.
sequence lost her third consecutive pnno
to the Bourbon.RyeH. Score Louisville,
a; Baltimore, 8. Hits. nine each. kilroy'
pitched again. 5l57 80. An =
at Indianapolis Healy was batted un-
merc!iully by the Bean.es.ers. scors-
Boston, Is; indianapolis. 5. # Hits--In.
dianapolls, .; Boston, 90 Estora-Inaian-
apolis, 6; Boston, !. ~, !, "a
At Staten Island the AIe!s beat the Gin.
cinnati Reds by lucky punching Of hits,
Rain atopped the game at the eighth,
score-Meta. 6 i; Cincinnati l ~ : !.
at Pittsburgh the New York eustaincd
their reputation Q. being heavy hit.ers
They had McCorulick's delivery con-,
pletely eolyed, and knocked tbs bali re
peatediy to every portion OF the field
esrning IS OF their II runs. O'Keeie wa
also hit rather freely, but the fielding Of Tn,
New SYorks kept the Plttaburehs down 4,
s. ruas. Earned Pittsburgh! Q \: Ma,
York, Is. Hits-Pittsburg6, 1G;5 Nes
Y YoIk, y Errola--Plttabu s; NeT
At Philadelphia the Athletics lost to 81
Louis BY ., seore OF "a to 0 through miaera
pie fielding. Hits-Athletic, I'll; 5 81
Louis, 49, Errors-St. Louis S Athletic. /
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! CONCERNING Is uckot Shops,

CHICAGO, August 2.--Judge Tuley posi-:
lively refused yesterday to listen to argu-
ments by ex-Judge Sidney Smith on q
motion to dissolve the injunctions pro-
cured Bince court vacation commenced,
by certain alleged bucket shops against
the Board Of Trade, the Western q MON
and the Gold 4 Stock Telegraph compan-
les, restraining them from cutting of tho
market quotations from them.
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tbs New York Times says 1t ia evident
that Higgins, Thop'as, Rain and the rest
otthe Maryland gang think they can defy
the President. Tho Times DayA IT would
not Ike to have 10 believe that this Is
,rue. The altuasiop 10 highly dramatic.
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J, AfCoker Murdered.

Pir4sRuRaH, August IA Gallitzen,
Pa, special says: An Hungarian coke
drawer went to work yesterday at the
mines OF the Blair Iron and Coal Com.
pany. Later number OF his country
men sought him and murdered him for
being traitor to the cause OF their strike.
Arres.s have bsen made. ;.,}!.i S.i5t5
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In 1,t ir,l,iu and Decrease.

eeW ABSTRACTION, August 1.-THE statement tsE'l
prepared prepare ct tho Treasury department:
shows that during the month Of July lass
there was a net decrease Of <. 6s3, 74s ~ u
the cash III the treasury, and q net increase
Of 81, 047,l 1888 Sin tho circulation The de:
crease In the cash WAS mainly In gold cs.IT
ltificateB. hG 4 ~ IS 4, 80;
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Z; PEoRlA, Ill, Angus. 2.-The malt
house Of Prinsa ( Ulrlch, a large two
story brick building, was destroyed by
fire to.dsy between l2 and l i O'Clock.
Loss on the building, grain and machin.
cry is estimated at S35 900, on which there
10 an insurance OF $50 OOO. tiissiiEEs tiJ.IQ
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If tho city iiuds that 1t can make an ad.
yantageous arrangement for another pas
serger railway, We are unable to see that
tits bound to give special consideration 70
the corporation already in the business Of
carrying city passengers. The public
welfare ia the thing to be considered. OF
course the city will repudiate no obliga-
ton. This everybody feels, that We
should have had five cent fares long ago.
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A Knilrond Accident.

DEy M I ! LAKE, Wis, August 2-The
freight train coming east this morning
ran into a work train standing on the
main track, Stelescoping tho cahoose and
sleeping car, killing Henry Flynn, Of
Minnespolis, and fatally injnring Peter
Garrison and two otheru. &. Il j. M
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Foully Dealt With,

DUBOIS, Pa, August "a young man
named Walter McManisle was found dead
on tho track Of the Low grade division Of
the Allegheny Valley railrosd this morn
ing. His body was terribly mutilated
and 1t was at first supposed that
he had aimp!y met his death by
accident, but investigation has shown
pretty certsiuly that he was foully dealt
with. Suspicion points to John O'Graay
and John Burke, two well known charac.
sers, and they have been arrested, charged
with the crime. q Il, <, {: E Z. = a "a
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American Whoslmoa Ahead.

LONDON, August Ralph Temple, Of
Chicago, won the ons-nile professional
bicycle handicap race at Bridlingtou to-
day. Morgan. Of New Y ork, was second.
and q, Woodside, OF Philadelphia, third.
The hye'mile international bicycle racs
waa won by Woodside, the American, in
ii minutes and 503 seconds. a s,s!33i}El;;
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tS Lady, (iokingly) Tommy, when are
you going to- marry ? Tommy, Is years
old and very susceptible well, l don't
think I'll ever marry. ! love 30 many
girls, II I married one all the rest would
be iealous,-1a Epoch. ~ q AZ Il.
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Ir is very hnudsome to give Mt. Patrick
Collins tue freedom Of Dublin. Now II
they will permit him to move about with.
on. having his vest pocket searched every
time hp gets OF . jaunting car, he may be
able 10 continue his journey in reasona.
hla comfort. tHssStGfll, atLI 81 yjg. 40
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now COLUMBUS Losr.

=
Six of Her Logs Chase the Duck too Hard.
Praise for Wheeling. 35,.gf,5a
Special Dtspatch 10 the Iattlli1eictr.
COLUMBUS, O., August 2.--Six Of the
Columbus club were on bowling drunk
last night, and the effect Of the debauch
was seen to-day in the third victory for the
Wheeling team. Higgins and Miller were
suspended without pay, and Dale, Pike,
Kingsley and Murphy heavily fined.
keogan pitched to-day, and with any kind
Of support would hayo won, as but Ave
clean hits were made of his delivery.
Kingsley presented Wheeling With four
runs in the second and third innings.
Dreebach, an amateur, played hrst for
Columbus, Schwartz being seriously i'll
from the effect Of his collision with Mich.
olson yesterday. The management sre
greatly disgusted with the work Of the
home team, and it is likely that within a
week new players will Bupplans major
ity OF the nine. Wheeling played q sharp
fielding game and elicted much APPLAUSE
hy their clean work on tho bases and with
the bat. Jack Orogan made several police
catches that vera beauties, Score = K. 4
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Poisoned .d BIZ Ea.ior sausage. i

HARRlsRURa, August 2.-Three children
Of Martin Dapp, German shoemaker Of
this city, were poisoned yesterday By eat.
ing sausage which their father purchased
in the market. The youngest child, John,
aged 2 years, dad Einltwo hours and the
others wete saved alter great. difficulty
The father, V no took some 81. the meHtit to
his shopfor lunch, noticed the queer Taste
and did not eat it. The sausage was pur.
chased In Philadelphia by tho man: who
sold It TO Dapp. 5 a 81 I'D
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/ English Politicians DI,llko p,o,u,,,

English Politicians Dislike Biaiue,
LONDON, August 2.-Underneath the
wining' dining and ieting Of Mr.. James
G: Blaine, both in England and Scotland,
but particularly in England, there has
been current Of feeling difficult to de.
scribe. Mr. Blaine Is here recoe.
nlzed aa an exceedingly brilliant man and
a desirable guest, but it is not easy in tho
minds, Of come, persons to associate him
from the enemies Of England in America,
who have kept Irish agitation and Irish
aggression alive. During Mr.. Baine's
brief stay in London some very prominent
government officials concerned themselves
70 make hia visit a pleasant one, but there
ts NO doubt that he is looked upon yery
much sskance even by those who made
hlm the object Of their courtesy, for they
cannot forget that several OF the extreme
lrlsh-American journals in Z New York
supported him during his campaign in
1SSi -t,95 8glt 80 : q sI-f7
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/. NINE won AND NINE LOST
Is tbs Wheeling clubs Record on this Trip.
9I u Ysstertiay's Games. r =, :, N

Isl ~ Nti31e Yesterdays Games. tti5-'s' Il
The Wheeling ball club appears to have
struck a winning streak, something It has
not enjoyed for some time past, Tho team
won again at Columbus yesterday inskine
three straight wen from the Statesmen.
Three straight is a decided novelty for
Wheeling and comes1n most OPPORTUNITY,
for It's boosts tho Green Stockings back to
their old pouition--third In the line, with
q percentage Of .402. The Slatesmen have
wrestled with sad-eyed defeat till they are
now down % points below Wheeling,
Kalamazoo Ia steadily increasing her lead,
and Ia sure winner. Sandasky By. losing
yesterday missed a clean jump from the
tai! end to filth place. She gets to sixth
place, however, and Akron drops from
fifth to the tail end with only percent.
age Of .426 Manifold stands next 10
Columbus with ,4S5. ssndusky has ,4SO
Tho Wheeling team closed It's second
Western tour at Columbus yesterday with
a record OF niue games won aud nine lost
on the trip. 1t might have been better
but the admirers OF the club should be
thankful that 1t is not as bad a record as
was threatened few days since. Tho
team left for home last night and will BIO
here this morning. Columbas will put
In an appearance to .motrow and play
three games hero and be- followed by
Zinesville the frat three days OF next
week. These six games will be- carefully
watched probably, and the Wheeling team
will have an opportunity to do itself
proud. Next Saturday evening the Direc.
tors propose rendering the team ban.
quet. The team should do work the com.
Ing three days that viii warrant this show
Of confidence, for 1t would be sad should
1t turn out to be misplaced. 4 5f
The playing OF tho team on the trip jas.
closed is still atopie that Is discussed
here with lively interest. Two singular
condolences are noted; they are, that up
70 last Friday, when the INTELLlaENcER
first told OF the feeling here and of the
rumots in circulation, the only games
won were those In which Dunn pitched;
and that ainca the charges against part
OF the team appeared in public print, the
team has won. every game. Msuager
Nicnolson's explanation published yester.
day, is accepted by the msiority, probably,
but there are many who will never aban-
don tho belief that there was some crooked
work somewhere. All are pleased, how
ever, that in the words of Crogan, the
orator, "the old time gait ia again struck.
~ - So